Dear All,Sunrise Sport Club was formed by my father more than 30 years ago in Matara (southern coastal tip of Sri Lanka) in order to improve level of soccer skills and other sport activities (athletic, cricket rugger, elle) among youths in our area. He spent his personal wealth to form and conduct this club until his demise. However, since his demise and due to so many other factors my brother (Sumith) has dedicated his full time to maintain the acticities.We, sunrise sport club of Matara is palnning to conduct a national level soccer tournament in Matara to improve the game to the level it was in Matara. I kindly request to my member friends in this soccer blog to extend to your kind assistance to make our attempt a success.Susil
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There were a couple nice articles in New York area papers about how soccer is making life better for people. Here are the links:
In New York, a Soccer Team That Is Homeless but Not Defeated (New York Times 5/3/09)
Shelter residents embrace a sense of purpose through the team, the newest in a nationwide league for the homeless.
Yorktown soccer club helps special-needs kids (The Journal News 5/3/09)
YORKTOWN - Special-needs children from Manhattan traveled to the town community center yesterday to get some pointers from the Yorktown Youth Soccer Club.
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